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Monday, October 31, 2011

Worldly Lil Twister quilt

My newest Lil' Twister quilt is called Worldly Twist. I love the colors in this and it finished out to be 40 x 46 inches - a nice size for a baby blanket or a lap quilt.

Quilting Lodge my newest sponsor, sent these beautiful fabrics which are Amelia by Me and My Sister for Moda and I used the Lil' Twister Ruler to make this neat quilt.

I cut up the 6 fat quarters into 5 inch square - each one gave me 12 squares. I also cut 12 squares from my 1 yard pieces.

I knew how I wanted to design it but my challenge was to work with a limited amount of fabric and see what I could come up with. I really wanted a dark pink in the center but I didn't have enough fabric. This was my final layout - the size was 40 x 50, then I added a 3 inch border around it to make it 46 x 56 inches.

Now to cut out the blocks, I love this part. I actually took it out to the kitchen and laid my cutting mat out on our island counter then after I had it half cut and pieced back together I took it down to Builder Bob's shop for some photos.

You use your large rotary cuter (the one the size of an Oreo cookie)

Shrinkage - I cut and pieced my blocks differently this time so you could see the size before and after being cut and pieced back together.

Original size was 46 x 56 before cutting with the template. The finished size was now 31 x36 inches. So your finished twister quilt will be about 2/3 of the size of the original.

I then cut 4 - 2.5 inch strips of fabric for my binding and then had enough to cut 5 inch borders. I looked at the quilt and decided it looked a little boring.

So I found some hot pink batik and cut some flowers with my Sizzix Big Shot and added 1 to the center and then in each corner. I appliquilted them before I quilted the whole quilt but forgot to take a picture.

Inspector Simon - if you walk away for a moment there he is!

It is definitely easier to free-motion quilt without a cat sitting on the quilt!

I forgot about the borders making the quilt bigger so I was about 5 inches short on the binding - improvise - I cut my binding pieces in half lengthwise and added 2.5 inch strips of leftover fabrics. Sorry no picture, I also got to use some gently aged fabric from my stash for the back.

I really think the flowers add to the quilt. You could also just use a dark pink in those blocks if you didn't want to do any applique.

You can click on this sketch and save it if you want to make one like mine

I had to take it down to the river for some photos -

and I had a couple friendly frogs stop by to inspect my stitching.

Bye little frog....good thing I hadn't washed the quilt yet!

I took this photo this morning after the quilt had been washed - that is my favorite step - washing and drying my quilt.

I hope you are still here as there is a giveaway!

Quilting Lodge sponsored this great giveaway and look what you can win! Vicki and Judy have generously offered to give one lucky person 8 fat quarters of Amelie and the Lil' Twister template!

Giveaway is now closed

To enter:

Leave a comment - you must be a follower of my blog (follow via Google Friend Connect in the right side-bar of the blog).

Wow. What a great little quilt. Love the pattern and the fabrics. It's so pretty, the little applique flowers just finish it off perfectly. I'd love to make one.I'm already a follower here, been over to quilting lodge to follow and sign up for newsletter.I will do a post on my own blog later. Thanks for the chance to win :)

The quilt is gorgeous and I love those fabrics.Great photoshoot down by the river and LOL to Inspector Simon. It does look as though he approves.I'd love to enter the giveaway please.1) I am already a follower of your blog 2) I signed for the email newsletter at Quilting Lodge3) I am now following Quilting Lodge

I'm a follower of your blog! Lovely little quilt!! I've used the Lil Twister and love the results, although I'm not really happy with all the waste - there's got to be a way to use all that leftover fabric!! But I'd love a chance to win these lovely fabrics and give it a whirl again.....

I just love this quilt. This is the first one I've seen with the "trip" setting. The flower in the center is just icing on the cake. I've been your follower for a long time, signed up for Quilting Lodge blog and their newsletter. Those fabrics are great!

This is such a cute quilt! It was fascinating to see how it transformed from the simple squares to the twister blocks. I love the way the applique flowers bring the border into the center of the quilt. Thank you for sharing your process.

Wow, it's a Twister kind of day! I shared my latest twister project on my blog today too! I love your design and am happy to see how easy it is to "plan" a color layout for the pinwheels. I'm a follower!

Connie, the quilt is absolutely stunning! My husband keeps asking me what I am oohing and ahhing over as he reads his book in the next room. I'm already a follower of your blog and love it! Would love to win! I have become a follower of the Quilting Lodge, have subscribed to the newsletter, and will post this on my blog. Fingers crossed!

just started following andI will post your linkgreat tut and give away I have been looking at the little twister ruler for a little bit now ... keep thinking that I should get one of those neat little rulers.

What a cute quilt! Thanks for the inspiration. I did become the quilting lodge follower and signed up for their newsletter. Of course I already am a follower of yours. Thanks for the chance to win this generous prize. Would be a terrific Bday present for me. I'll try to give a shout out on my blog for my followers to pop over and check this out. Thanks again. Jane

Hi, I followed all the rules. You visited my blog. I'm the one who sent Kelly Jackson of ihaveanotion.blogspot.com a gift. You commented on it. Thank you for visiting my site. I only have 8 followers but I'm trying. If anyone wants to check out my site, it"s mylifeasaquilter.blogspot.com. I would love your giveaway. I've been trying to win something, anything, for so long that I'm about to just give up. It's not in the stars that I win anything, I think. I love your site. I love your quilt that you cut apart. I think I am going to try that. It really sparkled with the appliques attached to it. Good eye. Jeanne

I already follow your blog. You quilt is amazing. I've seen various lil twister variations yet yours with the pink and flowers is the prettiest. Thanks for the giveaway. Blogger won't let me follow the Quilting Lodge blog (though did visit it).

Ooh Twister quilts are one of my favorites. While taking my first quilting class which ended last month I saw she'd gotten the twister template in and I wanted to buy one. Sadly, I haven't been able to do so yet so I sure hope she's still got one when I can. Of course, I can always buy one online if she doesn't. :)

Your new quilt pattern is beautiful. I have a Grandchild arriving in Feb and that would be a super cute baby quilt for her.

What a beautiful quilt!! I love the twister quilt & have been wanting to get the ruler! I'm going to save the layout pattern that you used to get that pattern. Thanks for a chance to win this wonderful giveaway! :)

I think those flowers add just the right pop to this cute little top! I have wanted to try the little twister ruler for a while and I am currently on a buying freeze because I have way to many projects to go out and buy stuff for more! (but that does't mean I can't try to WIN something new!).